diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5503d3e15c..5f9e96546e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ htmlview: html
 htmllive: SPHINXBUILD = $(VENVDIR)/bin/sphinx-autobuild
 # Arbitrarily selected ephemeral port between 49152–65535
 # to avoid conflicts with other processes:
-htmllive: SPHINXOPTS = --re-ignore="/\.idea/|/venv/" --open-browser --delay 0 --port 55301
+htmllive: SPHINXOPTS = --open-browser --delay 0 --port 55301
 htmllive: html
 
 .PHONY: check
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 57755eb76d..fd04efd8cc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 furo>=2022.6.4
 jinja2
-sphinx-autobuild
+sphinx-autobuild>=2024.9.19
 sphinx-inline-tabs>=2023.4.21
 sphinx-lint==0.9.1
 sphinx-notfound-page>=1.0.0